Leftover Women
China | 2020
Hua Mei Qiu is 34 and a successful lawyer. Min Xu is 28 and works for a public radio station. Qi Gai is 36 and an assistant professor at Normal University in Beijing. Despite their thriving careers they still live with the derogatory label "sheng nu". The phrase, translated as "leftover women", is an unflattering term used across China for educated, professional women over the age of 27 who have …